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Notre Dame Fire

Discussion in 'The Dungeon' started by Fonda Dix, Apr 16, 2019.

  1. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    To paraphrase, he said that a criminal/terrorist act was not the prevalent theory based on what they had so far. It's not what they're going to be focusing on.
     
  2. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    I don't think anyone has said they've ruled out anything, I sure haven't. It's not logical/likely that someone would go through the effort to get to where the fire started rather than do a bomb in a much easier area where they could kill people and destroy the church but terrorism isn't logical.
     
  3. cpettit

    cpettit Well-Known Member

    I heard Notre Dame is gonna be the team to beat this year.... apparently they're really on fire right now.
     
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  4. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    If that was terrorism, it's going to be the first time in a long time that a big successful terrorism act hasn't been claimed by anyone. They are usually not shy about getting the publicity.

    And I'm no arson specialist, but something that started so small that the initial inspection missed it sounds more like an accident to me. If it was by design, that was pretty damn clever.
     
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  5. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Agreed on all counts.
     
  6. XFBO

    XFBO Well-Known Member

    Personally, I never thought real terrorists would target a location that wouldn't include lotsa people, however, there are shit tons of wannabe terrorists who get radicalized online, I would not be surprised to learn it was someone like that wanting to get big attention.

    OR one of the workers through a cigarette down where he shouldn't have.....we may never really know what happen.
     
  7. TXFZ1

    TXFZ1 Well-Known Member

    With 875 churches being burned or vandalized last year in France, I can see the quick jump to speculate arson. I read arson has been ruled out and they are looking at the construction crew.
     
  8. SGVRider

    SGVRider Well-Known Member

    Terrorism my ass. People always want to see some active agency in these events. 99.9% of the time it’s just sheer incompetence or bad luck. More people probably die by accident in one day worldwide than have ever been killed through modern terrorism.
     
  9. eggfooyoung

    eggfooyoung You no eat more!

    Let's switch gears. Not sure of the cause of the fire, but the news keeps leading in with all of the precious artifacts being saved. Most notably the crown of thorns, a piece of the cross he died on, and one of the nails he was impaled with.

    Do people actually look at this stuff in awe? Like it's real? This baffles me.
     
  10. G 97

    G 97 Garth

    Yeah in the USA anyway. Its called tax free status. LOL
     
  11. rk97

    rk97 Well-Known Member

    I’ll remember to ask you any time people are wondering what most religious people think.
     
  12. Fencer

    Fencer Well-Known Member

    I know what really happened....


     
  13. Spang308

    Spang308 Well-Known Member

    Clemson 30
    ND 3
    Next year won't be any better for them.
    Go Tigers!
     
  14. auminer

    auminer Renaissance Redneck

    How would you know?

    :Poke:
     
  15. Big T

    Big T Well-Known Member

    Anyone who's been around commercial renovation could tell you that fire on the job is typically the guy with the torch - plumber, roofer, etc
    Or some other flammible shit
     
  16. pickled egg

    pickled egg Tell me more

    Duh. Ain't no sistahs making his mochalattefrappacino at the Starbux. ;)
     
  17. cBJr

    cBJr Well-Known Member

    and I'll remember to ask you what all religious people think 100% of the time.
     
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  18. Robin172

    Robin172 Well-Known Member

    Yep, that's how a big chunk of Windsor Castle caught light back in the 90's. Wouldn't be surprised if this was caused by a discarded cancer stick.
     
  19. DrA5

    DrA5 The OTHER Great Dane

    I can't wait for the rebuilding committee for Notre Dame demand that it's reconstruction be "more inclusive and progressive"......:rolleyes::rolleyes:
     
  20. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    The puzzling part of this incident is that the fire seems to have started after everyone was gone.
     

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